TheCannes Film Festivalhas revealed the official selection for the 2025 edition. The French event, a major spot on the annual cinematic calendar, will reconvene for its 78th festival fromTuesday, May 13 to Saturday, May 24. Despite rumors swirling, very few films were confirmed for the festival ahead of time, when typically a few prominent titles are revealed early. OnlyMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoningwas announced as a Cannes premiere earlier this week.
Now, a press conference has revealed the official lineup of Cannes 2025 - or, at least, most of it. After an introduction from Iris Knobloch, President of the Festival de Cannes, the initial list of selections was shared by Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate. He did, however, end his presentation by sayingmore titles will be announced ahead of the festival’s start date, noting that the selection committee reviewed a record 2,909 feature submissions. The announcement itself can be replayed below:
Theofficial Competition selections include many movies previously tipped for the festival, includingAri Aster’sEddington, Wes Anderson’sThe Phoenician Scheme, and Richard Linklater’sNouvelle Vague, which dramatizes the making of Jean-Luc Godard’sBreathlessand always seemed destined to premiere at the French festival. Julia Ducournau, whose 2021 horror filmTitanemade her the second woman ever to win the Palme D’Or, returns withAlpha, while acclaimed American filmmaker Kelly Reichardt will debutThe Mastermindafter breaking into the competition lineup with her 2022 filmShowing Up.
Frémaux confirmed thatTom Cruise will appear in Cannes alongside Christopher McQuarrie to present their newestMission: Impossiblefilm to the world, and he certainly won’t be the only star to attend. The casts ofThe Phoenician SchemeandEddingtonalone would be enough to crowd the red carpet, but actorsScarlett Johanssonand Harris Dickinson are also both confirmed to be making their directorial debuts, withEleanor the GreatandUrchin, respectively. Those movies will compete in the festival’s Un Certain Regard section.
